Post a place (city, state, country, anything you like) and I’ll give you a fun fact about that place
franzella: Liberty, TX is the birthplace of Bobby Seale, one of the cofounders of the Black Panther party #BlackPower
Becksta20: Mauritius was the only known home of the dodo bird before it's extinction
joey65409: City Market in Kansas City has been one of the largest farmer's markets in the American Midwest since its inception in 1857
CocoVanderbilt: Sports Day is one of Japan's national holidays, celebrated on the 2nd Monday of October to commemorate the opening of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics
crazybone5000: Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, got it's name from Wubri, a prominent historical figure in the country, renamed the area to "Wage sabre soba koumbem tenga" after his tribe won an ongoing conflict in the area. The name means "head war chief's village." Ouagadougou is the Francophone spelling of the name and was given to the city upon French colonization
MrBird: Over half of Jalisco's population lives in Guadalajara, and over 8700 of the state's 12,000 communities have a population of less than 50!
cantevendougie: Canada's boreal forest is considered the largest intact forest on Earth consisting of approximately 3 million sq km or 1.2 million sq ft of undisturbed land (no roads, cities, or industry)
tyleror: The fourth McDonald's ever opened is still in operation today. Go to Downey, CA and check it out! It even still has it's original branding!
SemNome: Rio Grande do Sul produces ~70% of rice in Brazil
vaultg1rl: Kamehameha is not just an attack in Dragon Ball Z, but also a Hawaiian king. He established the House of Kamehameha, a dynasty that would rule Hawaii until 1872.
_Matt: Madagascar supplies 80% of the world's natural vanilla
CarolinaSteele: In 1930, Hamilton, Ontario hosted the Commonwealth Games which was the first major international sporting event held in Canada
Snowglobe: The best place to get nachos in Naxos, Greece is at Mexican restaurant called Picasso
Tommeh208: Speaking of Oranges, New Jersey has the townships Orange, South Orange, West Orange, and East Orange. But there is no North Orange
VanitySmurf: The city of Granada is the oldest colonial city in all of the Americas. It was founded in 1524 in modern day Nicaragua
useamint: In 2012, the average price of a home in Detroit was $7500. In January 2013, 47 houses were listed for less than $500
tonym101101: Despite some of the Detroit's negatives, it's still a great place to visit, especially if you like music. Detroit hosts the Movement Electronic Music Festival, the Detroit International Jazz festival, and the Hoedown Country Music Festival every summer
FromAWindow: Apparently there is not a single stop sign in all of Paris. Wild, huh?
blazermaniac94: While you may be expecting a fact about the battle that gives Battle Ground, WA its name, it may surprise you that the city is an emerging wine hot spot with three local wineries
StraightLoonie: Between 1870 and 1890, Barrie, Ontario was known as one of the best burning towns in Canada due to a series of terrible fires that destroyed many city landmarks
Kindred7: Peru is home to the National University of San Marcos. Founded in 1551, it's the oldest continuously functioning university in the Americas
Yawnha: The oldest fossils of anatomically modern humans found outside Africa are the Skhul and Qafzeh hominins, who lived in the area that is now northern Israel 120,000 years ago
BlueStar: During the industrial revolution, Manchester was one of the world's largest marketplace for cotton goods, earning the nickname "Cottonopolis"
rowjone: Scunthorpe was near the epicenter of the 2008 Market Rasen earthquake, the second largest earthquake in the British Isles
